What a week

This week was crazy busy but it was really good. Monday morning we had PDO, Monday afternoon Ruth and Libby came to visit, Tuesday morning we had Mommy group, then doctor and then volunteer work, Wednesday we had PDO and in the afternoon our neighbor told us that her father had had stroke, so we took care of her girls while she went to visit him in the hospital (he's home and doing ok now), Thursday we had Music, Thursday afternoon we had Elizabeth and Lila's going away party, Friday morning we met some fellow Mamas at Aldridge Gardens and finally on Friday afternoon we had NOTHING!!

So on Monday our best friends Ruth and Libby came to visit. They were coming through town on their way home from Memphis and got here when Kathryn got up from her nap. The girls are so precious together and play so well together and don't fight over toys. Kathryn was so snuggly with Ruth, and the girls kept hugging each other. I kept trying to get it on video but, of course, they wouldn't do it when I had the camera.



On Tuesday Kathryn and I started our volunteer work. We are visiting an elderly woman (Miss Ellen) at Brookdale. I'm pretty sure she has alzheimers. She LOVED visiting with Kathryn and Kathryn showed out BIG time. When we first got there and for the first 5 minutes Kathryn had her head buried in my chest but then Miss Ellen's sitter pulled out a talking stuffed dog and, as everyone knows, Kathryn is OBSESSED with "doddies." We stayed for a little over an hour and by the end Kathryn was sitting on the bed next to Miss Ellen, getting her to hold her sippy cup, trying to put Miss Ellen's shoes on Miss Ellen, putting Miss Ellen's shoes on her own hands, and emptying my wallet and handing the items one-by-one to Miss Ellen. Miss Ellen showed Kathryn how to shake hands and Kathryn couldn't get enough. Kathryn wanted to shake both hands at once and Miss Ellen started singing and Kathryn did her baby ghetto dance. It was a little boring for me but I know it was a good experience for Kathryn and I know both Kathryn and Miss Ellen had a great time. We are going to go back at least every other week.

Kathryn and Evey "rowing" along to a song at Music on Thursday morning.


Thursday afternoon at the going away party all the kids thought the lawn chairs were great. Kathryn loved carrying them around and all of them loved just sitting in them. Kathryn had a good time pretending to be a baby in Sydney's walker. She even completed the baby look by chewing on the attached toys!! It was such a beautiful day and the weather was perfect. Sarah has a wonderful backyard. It made me really want to do something to our jungle out back. I just want to clear it out, not really add many plants so it stays low maintenance. Robert is so cheap we'll see what happens.



Kathryn at Aldridge Gardens on Friday morning.




















Saturday afternoon was Jack's birthday party. It was so cute. The theme was fish and everything had an orange or blue fish on it. Tara thought of everything, including a "fishing game" for party favors and a beta fish to take home (fish food included!). Jack's dad said that Kathryn seemed so mature for her age. I was thinking "really, are we talking about the same child??" Kathryn got stickers in the fishing game and she shared them with everyone, including people we don't know.























My sweet girl wanting to snuggle after bath time.



Rob reluctantly taped the game for us (instead of watching it live) since we had the party. The Auburn/LSU game was on at Jack's house and I had strict instructions to wear a note around my neck that said "don't say anything about the Auburn game around me. -Sincerely, Lindsey." I was also told not to read the news or talk to my Mom (she's very into football). Rob turned his phone off so he wouldn't see any texts from friends about the game. When we got home Rob came outside and hurried us inside while Kathryn fussed to go back out. He said he was afraid I'd hear something if I went outside. I told him I was going to run down to the neighbors really fast and he told me before I even hardly see them to tell them not to mention the game. I went down there and THEY had the game on. Another set of neighbors were yelling and Rob turned on the kitchen vent so he couldn't hear what kind of yells they were.

Here are a few more of the outfits I have made for Kathryn. I have several more to post but they are all dirty or need to be ironed.